
From Solitary to Sunshine – a Ray of Hope in a Rocky Mountain Prison
In early December of 2018, a group of SWASC and CAIC members from New York —Mary Buser, Victor Pate, Moya Atkinson and Ali Winters — journeyed to Colorado to observe the publicized reforms to solitary confinement that the state has implemented over the past few years. As guests of Rick Raemisch, the reform-minded Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, the two-day excursion included visits to the Colorado State Penitentiary, the Centennial Prison and the